“Here in Scotland we all want tanned skin but over there they like pale skin — they actually use a skin bleacher rather than fake tan.

“The attention upset me to begin with because I felt like a sideshow but if you want to be different and stand out then it comes with the territory.

“People in Japan aren’t used to seeing someone like me and I’m glad I’m breaking the mould and doing it for bigger girls.”

Although she is not fluent in Japanese, she has learned the two magic words that make the fans go wild. Her catchphrase in the Land of the Rising Sun is Ikimashou — pronounced EK-MA-SHOW — which translates to ‘Let’s go’.

Although she doesn’t look like WWE postergirls such as Becky Lynch or Charlotte Flair, Kimberly reckons she’s a pin-up in her own right.

And she doesn’t think that size matters when she has big talent to match.

Kimberly got a taste of fame on ITV’s World Of Sport programme, which returned on New Year’s Eve and was watched by millions across the UK.

It was an incredible career push after spending eight years working her way up the ladder since making her pro debut in 2009 with the Scottish Wrestling Alliance.

But no matter how much work she does at home to boost her profile, she will always be the biggest draw in Japan.

Kimberly says: “World of Sport was amazing and they are keeping their cards close to their chest regarding it coming back. But I’m led to believe it’s more a case of when than if.

“At first when I started wrestling, there were a lot of nasty comments because I stood out — but I stood out also because I’m good, not just big.

“One of things people question is if I’m healthy, but of course I am if I wrestle.

“I go to the gym, but I have some pizza too — you have to enjoy yourself.

“I get a lot of modelling requests but I’m trying to keep quite specific as a wrestler.

“I think the fact I’m big helped with my popularity as I have common ground with so many people. When I first went to Japan, they made me the baddie because you’re big so you need to act horrible and bad.

“But by the end of my stay I was wearing a big pink, sparkly one-piece and I was getting called Megaton Barbie.

Diva Nicola Glencross also made the jump to WWE in 2015. The Glasgow fitness instr-uctor — who fights under the name Nikki Cross — became the first Scottish woman to join the company after years on the circuit.

She was a fixture on the British wrestling scene for almost a decade and toured Japan and performed for Japanese Women Pro Wrestling, just like Kimberly.

Barry and Nikki will make their live WWE debuts in Glasgow on May 4 when the tour hits the Hydro in Glasgow and Kimberly hopes she gets the same opportunity one day.

She says: “I would love to go to WWE. But my real dream was to travel the world and I’ve been able to do that.

“I also like being a role model and an example to girls that being different isn’t a bad thing.”

Divas of the ring

LITA

ONE of the most recognisable women to enter the ring, the fiery redhead was a poster girl for WWE in the late 1990s and early noughties.

Known for her acrobatic moves, the 41-year-old WWE Hall of Famer was a trailblazer for females in the wrestling industry.